Much Ado About Nothing

1993

UK, US

1h 51min

PG

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Written by: William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves

UK release: 27 August 1993

Shakespeare's comedy gets a gorgeously sun-drenched Tuscan-set retelling in this classic adaptation starring Branagh and Thompson as the cantankerous, witty Benedick and Beatrice, whose match is made far less interesting but much more loved-up Hero and Claudio.